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mod_ssl off by one

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas ReinkeType 
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The remote host is running an older version of mod_ssl, potentially vulnerable to off-by-one buffer overflow allowing arbitrary code execution via .htaccess file

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: mod_ssl_offby1.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $
# Description: mod_ssl off by one
#
# Authors:
# This script was written by Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>,
# Script audit and contributions from Carmichael Security <http://www.carmichaelsecurity.com>
# Erik Anderson <[email protected]>
# Added BugtraqID and CAN
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas Reinke
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

tag_summary = "The remote host is using a version of mod_ssl which is
older than 2.8.10.

This version is vulnerable to an off by one buffer overflow
which may allow a user with write access to .htaccess files
to execute arbitrary code on the system with permissions
of the web server.

*** Note that several Linux distributions (such as RedHat)
*** patched the old version of this module. Therefore, this
*** might be a false positive. Please check with your vendor
*** to determine if you really are vulnerable to this flaw";

tag_solution = "Upgrade to version 2.8.10 or newer";

if(description)
{
 script_id(11039);
 script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
 script_bugtraq_id(5084);
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0653");
 script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SA:2002:028");

 
 name = "mod_ssl off by one";

 script_name(name);
 

 
 
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 
 
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas Reinke");
 family = "Web Servers";
 script_family(family);
 script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_require_keys("www/apache");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
include("http_func.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);

if(get_port_state(port))
{
 banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
 if(!banner)exit(0);
 
 serv = strstr(banner, "Server");
 if("Apache/" >!< serv ) exit(0);
 if("Apache/2" >< serv) exit(0);
 if("Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2" >< serv)exit(0);

 if(ereg(pattern:".*mod_ssl/(1.*|2\.([0-7]\..*|8\.[0-9][^0-9])).*", string:serv))
 {
   security_message(port);
 }
}

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